First Aid First Online BlogFirst Aid First Online Bloghttp://firstaidfirstonline.com.au/Thu, 24 May 2018 06:40:13 GMThttp://backend.userland.com/rssRSS.NET: http://www.rssdotnet.com/New Venues coming soonExciting news, we are moving to new venues and more places in Brisbane. Soon to be available in the Eastern suburbs at Clelveland and the western suburbs at Oxley as well as new venue at Woolloongabba. New locations commence in September.&nbsp;<br />
Watch this space as we expand our locations and trainings.<br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;">How are you feeling about the 'Swine Flu' news reports? Anxious that you might catch it or careful about being in crowded places during the winter.<br />
Is it better to prevent catching the flu? Do you wash your hands frequently when coughing and sneezing? Do you cover your mouth with your hand or tissue and then dispose of the tissue in the rubbish bin? Then wash your hands well before touching anyone or anthing? Do you stay&nbsp; at least a metre or two away from people who are coughing or sneezing? Are you spending some time outside each day in the fresh air? Are you eating fresh nutritious food? Are you getting 6-8 hours rest and sleep each day?<br />
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All these steps will help you to stay well.<br />
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When someone is having difficulty breathing, sitting up is usually the position of comfort and stay with the had an anaphylactic reaction before then tehy will have an anaphylactic Action plan and follow the steps in the plan. This can include adminstering an epipen to deliver adrenaline. The epipen is prepared for use by releasing or removing the grey activation cap and holding the epipen firmly in the hand with fingers and thumb away from either end of the epipen and jabbing the black end of the epipen at right angles into the outer aspect of the thigh of the person having the anaphylactic reaction and holding the epipen there for at least 10 second to deliver the adrenaline. Then remove the epipen from the thigh and rub the area where the adrenaline was injected for at least 10 seconds. Place the used epipen back in the protective case and make sure it travels to medical assistance with the person having the anaphylactic reaction and is replaced. Note the time the epipen was used.<br />
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If medical assistance has not arrived within 6 minutes of administering the epipen and the person is not recovering a second epipen can be delivered and using another person's epipen is permitted so long as the other person is not in danger and may require it.&nbsp;<br />
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Is Apply First Aid this code HLTFA301B?<br />
Is the First Aid Course Nationally Accredited?<br />
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The answer to these questions is Yes! Yes! Yes!<br />
Feedback from students who have done the training has all been positive - ranging fromgreat to impressive to outstanding. They say it is easy to follow, has clear explanations, where the important points are repeated, they have fun, it is interactive, the trainer engages the students. Why can't all training be like this. <br />
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We look forward to meeting you at the training soon, like this week or next.<br />
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If you stay home on the first day you are feeling unwell and restore yourself to good health by drinking plenty of water, eating nutritious food and resting then you will feel better and are unlikely to spread the cold or flu. <br />
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If you go to work and cough and sneeze your way through the day you will have passed on the cold or flu to all the susceptable people you have met during the day. You will not have worked at your usual capacity and productivity and may have even made some mistakes that you would not normally do. When you get home you will be feeling more tired than usual and may not feel like making your nutritious food to eat and instead get something easy or not bother to eat at all. You then are feeling worse and less able to cope with the cold or flu. The next day you wake up feeling no better and force yourself to go off to work. Again coughing and sneezing over all the vulnerable and susceptable people for the second day and by the end of this day you are feeling worse than the day before and less likely to cook a nutritious meal. By about the third or fourth day you are then feeling so crook you decide to stay home and it takes you several days to get better. When you return to work, the work you had done during the days you were there and feeling sick, needs to fixed up. So now you maybe several days behind instead of just one day if you had taken that one day off when you were first feeling sick. <br />
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So stay home when sick.<br />
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Take care and be safe with First Aid First Online
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With the unusually hot days in the past few weeks you may have set out from home in the morning ready for a spring day and found it was a really hot day. Is it better to prevent sunburn by applying sunscreen each day so it is part of your daily routine? To have a hat at work, in your car and at home. To carry a bottle of water and sip from it throughout the day. To avoid playing sport or being outside in the middle of the day and so enjoy early morning or evening walks and being outside in the cool of the day. <br />
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As that old saying of <strong>prevention</strong> is better than <strong>cure </strong>surely applies to the little inconvenience of putting on sunscreen, carrying a bottle of water and wearing a hat compared to the pain of sunburn whether first degree or second degree with blisters, or the discomfort of heat exhaustion feeling nauseated, headache, irritable and lethargic. <br />
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Do you look for someone to help you? Or ask lots of questions of others and what they do to feel better? Or do you just feel miserable because you are still sore and had wanted to be able to do what you usually do?<br />
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You have been <strong>R</strong>esting the injury, put <strong>I</strong>ce on the injured part for 10&nbsp; minutes at a time and then leave it to warm and then ice again, and placed a <strong>C</strong>ompression bandage on it and kept it <strong>E</strong>levated . That is <strong>RICE </strong>first aid for soft tissue injury. <br />
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After 3 or 4 days soak the injury in warm water bath with epsom salts for 20 minutes. this draws the inflammation and swelling. <br />
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General PRactitioners (GPs) are required to comlpete basic CPR course as part of the RACGP QA&amp;CPD program.<br />
TotalCPD points : 5 (CAtegory 2) Activity No: 743824<br />
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CPR is a life skill that everyone needs to have and hopes they never need to use it. As wefocus on what we do want and not what we don't want. <br />
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Follow the instructions from the Fire Services to prepare your home and workplace for fire prevention. Having fire fighting exquipment in an easy to locate position such as fire extinguisher, hose and fire blanket . Have a fire exvacuation plan and that all members of your family and household know how to get out of the house if needed. Doing these actions will reduce the damage and keep you safe.<br />
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What do you need to have in your home, car or workplace to assist with burns? Access to water preferably cool running water and non stick dressing ( plastic cling wrap provides an excellent protection). Know the number for the emergency services and have them written down and in your first aid kit .<br />
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How do you provide first aid for a burn? Cool the burnt area with water for at least 20 minutes and if chemical or bitument burn 30 minutes of cooling in water. <br />
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What if their clothes are sruck to the burn? Do NOT attempt to remove the clothes that are stuck to the burn. Get medical assistance immediately.<br />
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Stay safe and give excellent First Aid.
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Commence CPR or cardio pulmonary resuscitation and if you do not know how to do it then come to CPR and Apply First Aid class on either Friday, Saturday or Monday. Class commemnces at 8.00am and is finished bewteen 1.30pm and 2.00pm. <br />
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For doing CPR commence with 2 rescue breathes and 30 compressions doing 5 cycle in 2 minutes. for adults ( anyone over 8 years) , children (1 year to 8 years) and infants (0 to 1 year). <br />
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Follow the instrcution given by the emergency call centre team by phoning 000 or i112 with a mobile if you do not know what to do.<br />
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In an emeregency situation where there is no danger to you and you have a person who is not responsive, you have called 000 or 112 for an ambulance to assist and you have cleared the airway or their airway is clear. The next step is to check for breathing. <br />
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You are close to the caualty's head and shoulder and look to their chest to see if it is rising and falling with each breath, place the back of your hand about 5 cm from their nose and mouth to feel for any breath and listen closely for any breath sounds. If there is no rise and fall of the cheat, you can not fell any breath on your hand and you can hear any breath sounds then the casualty is not breathing and will need to commence CPR. <br />
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If they are breathing then roll them into recovery position by placing their arm that is on the opposite side to you out at right angles to their body or directly up beside their head with their upper arm close to their ear. Fold the other arm across their body with it bent at the elbow. Bend their knee up on the side closest to you and then place your hand closest to their head under their shoulder on the side closest to you and your hand that is closest to their feet under their hip on the side closest to you. Now roll them gently to the other side, adjust their arm and hand on the upper side into a natural right angle positions and adjust their leg and foot that is uppermost to be along the ground or floor so the lower part of the leg is parallel to the other leg. Stay with the casualty until medical help arrives as they are unconscious and need assistance. <br />
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Until next time continue to be amazing First Aiders.
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How are you feeling when you have found an unconscious person and have called the emergency call centre? Maybe a little or lot anxious and feeling how do you need to do the next step which is to check the airway is clear. <br />
If you suspect they may have a neck injury or fracture or broken neck then lift their jaw forward by placing your thumbs at the angle of their jaw about 5 -6 cms below their ears and moving thier jaw forward without moving their head back. Then look in their mouth and remove any loose teeth, loose dentures, food or other things.<br />
Otherwise hold their head with one hand on their forehead and tilt their head back and hold their chin with the other hand so that your thumb is on one side of their face as far back as you can and your first finger (or pointer ) is on the other side of their chin and your other three fingers are curled in towards your palm in a pistol grip. So that you are have contact with their chin from the tip of your thumb to the tip of your first finger and open their mouth. Look in their mouth is there anything in their mouth other than their tongue and that all their teeth are still attached. So no loose teeth or no loose dentures or no food or any other thing in their mouth and if there is something in their mouth then it needs to be removed. Roll the casualty on their side and remove the loose teeth, dentures, food or other thing from their mouth. <br />
To roll the casualty place one arm straight up beside their head so that their ear is on their upper arm, and place the other arm across their chest bent at right angles at the elbow, bend up the leg at the knee on the same side as the arm across the chest . You are on the same side as the bent leg. Then place your hand closest to their head on their shoulder that is closest to you and other hand on their hip on that same side and then roll them to the other side. Adjusting their bent arm so that their upper hand is out and in natural position. Tilt&nbsp; their head back to maintain a clear&nbsp; airway.<br />
The casualty is now is safe stable lateral position or recovery position.<br />
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In the next blog is about checking for breathing. Unitl then be safe.<br />
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Your heart may be racing a little and wishing yourself to feel calm and confident and focused. <br />
The call is answered promptly and the question you are asked is "<strong>what service do you need?</strong>" <br />
Your reply is <em>ambulance in whichever state you are in.</em><br />
Next question is "<strong>Where are you located?</strong><br />
Your reply <em>"Unit number, house number, street name, suburb, State and any information that makes it easy for the ambulance to find you'<br />
for example 'unit 3, 40 Queen Street, West End, Brisbane Queensland and the building entry is on George St '<br />
</em>Next question is <strong>"What is the situation? Who needs help?<br />
</strong>Your reply<strong>, </strong><em>'describe the situation with as much detail as possible<br />
for example '"it is an elderly&nbsp; gentleman who appears to have had a stroke, he has facial drooping, slurred speech, his right arm is weak and he was incontinent of urine". Please tell me how I can help him to be more comfortable.<br />
</em>The emergency service staff may continue to talk to you to assist you and it is recommended to follow their instructions until the ambulance arrives.<br />
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If the person is only sleeping and not unconscious then they may not need assistance. <br />
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What are the questions to ask?<br />
Can you hear me?<br />
Open your eyes?<br />
Whats your name?<br />
Squeeze my hand? and test both hands as they have weakness from a stroke that has caused them to collapse<br />
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If there is no response to the questions that the person is unconscious and needs medical assistance so call the emergency call centre on 000 on landline or 112 on mobile and 106 if hearing or speech impaired. <br />
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Stay safe and shine in 2009 as excellent First Aiders<br />
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<h2>D - deadly creatures - snakes, spiders, stingers<br />
A - alcohol affected people and any other toxins<br />
N - not known - anything that you do not know how it can harm you<br />
G - gases, fumes, smoke, fire<br />
E - electrical cables that are live<br />
R - racing cars, moving vehicles or swirling flood waters</h2>
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